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People will look you dead in the eye and say they don't see the thing that all of us see when looking at the faces of all the anchors that have "exited" NBC this week. You are not crazy. You are not overreacting. Exactly what you think is happening, is happening.

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As the country's first HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been building Black excellence, breaking barriers, and shaping leaders since 1837. The Nation's first and oldest HBCU is still standing strong. 📖 🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth #HBCU #BlackSky

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Great Granddaddy’s Storytelling Magic @storytellingmagic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I was today years old when I discovered that the country's first HBCU was founded in Philly, and I'm from Philly. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The more you know. 📖 🤎 #BlackSky

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We just published a Graphic Novel about Robert Smalls! “Captain Robert Smalls: The Titan" (Abridged) by DaShan Thomas🚢. Great for older kids, teen & adult readers Unabridged version: “Captain Robert Smalls: The Greatest Civil War Hero” #edusky #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky

A description of “Captain Robert Smalls: The Titan" by DaShan Thomas (Abridged) And “Captain Robert Smalls: The Greatest Civil War Hero” (Unabridged) by DaShan Thomas. An artistic depiction of Robert Smalls is on the left, and on the right are the words: "These Graphic Novels depict the true story of the life of Captain Robert Smalls. Robert Smalls, born and raised as an enslaved person, commandeered the steamer ship "Planter" with his crew and all of their families. They sailed to freedom, and then won several pivotal battles (both in the US Army and Navy) in the Civil War, which in turn won the freedom of all enslaved people in the United States. This is a great story of Black History and American History." Behind Robert Smalls and the words next to him are exciting explosions.

The book covers of “Captain Robert Smalls: The Titan" by DaShan Thomas 🚢 (Abridged) And “Captain Robert Smalls: The Greatest Civil War Hero” (Unabridged) by DaShan Thomas. Words next to the book covers say " This Graphic Novel depicts the true story of the life of Captain Robert Smalls"

Depiction of a poster that reads "Learn to Love to Learn:, and includes a visual representation of a young Robert Smalls on his way to Charleston. The image is a representation also of resources and Information for Schools About Captain Robert Smalls and the books “Captain Robert Smalls: The Titan; Book One of The Titan Abridged Series” by DaShan Thomas and “Captain Robert Smalls: The Greatest Civil War Hero; Book One of The Titan Unabridged Series” by DaShan Thomas. Words next to the poster say "Ideal for every curriculum or library"

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Just finished my 8th book of the year. Definitely behind my usual pace. By February, I'm normally pushing 20-25 books. If you're in a reading slump, don't feel bad, it's not you. It's hard to enjoy a good book when the whole country is on fire. Give yourselves some grace. 📖 🩷 #BlackBookSky #BookSky

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Wait, y'all really let me walk around for years not knowing that the voice actress for Violet Sorrengail in the Fourth Wing series is this beautiful bookish Black girlie?! 📖 🤎 #BlackBookSky #BookSky #BlackHistoryMonth

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Only a few more weeks until Oathbound hits the shelves. Have you already pre-ordered? 💜❤️ #BlackBookSky

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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

February is Black History Month. Honor Black authors by reading their books. #BookSky

Photo of six books by Black female authors, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, The Bluest Eye and Beloved by Toni Morrison and Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Book bans impact public libraries & bookstores, but it’s school libraries where they are rampant ❤️‍🩹 Many kids are unable to make it to the public library. They can’t drive, often times the library isn’t in walking distance. It’s not that their grown-ups don’t want them to be library kids. 🧵 1/11

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I have two reading moods: 1. I’ll devour anything in sight. 2. None of the 2,000 books on my shelf feel right. And there is no in between. #Booksky

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Not me spending the last 30 minutes making lunch for my kids for school tomorrow, and then remembering it's a federal holiday, so they don't have school tomorrow 😬😭🤣

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One of these things is not like the other 🤔

An image showing the financial growth of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, versus minimum wage.

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Waking up an hour early tomorrow so I can go to the grocery store + gas station and stick these everywhere. ✨️🩷 👇🏾 tinyurl.com/4st936j2

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dee 📚✨ @readsbymurcielago.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Stop 👏🏾 mocking 👏🏾 immigrants 👏🏾 for 👏🏾 their 👏🏾 English 👏🏾 when 👏🏾 they 👏🏾 already 👏🏾 speak 👏🏾 more 👏🏾 languages 👏🏾 than 👏🏾 you 👏🏾 ever 👏🏾 will 👏🏾

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Here are some black romance books that are releasing from February-May! I plan to keep making these videos as I find out about new books 💖 #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.” “So read the books they're banning, that's where the good stuff is! If they don't want you to read it, there's a reason why.” Born on this day in 1957 LeVar Burton #BookSky

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Little Free Libraries are underrated gems 📖✨️ ✔️ Free books, no strings attached ✔️ Encourages reading ✔️ Promotes sustainability ✔️ Turns neighborhoods into book-sharing hubs. Take a book, leave a book, spread the love. Found any good reads in one? #BookSky #BlackBookSky

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I'm trying to see something: Comment below if you have a copy of the newspaper the day after Obama won in 2008. Bonus points if you have a picture of it.

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I no longer argue about racism with people who claim to have Black friends. I just ask to see their wedding photos or a picture of their last brunch meet-up.

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::Sigh:: Bird flu has been detected in raw milk, and the WHO literally can't communicate this with the public. We're getting ready to have another pandemic, aren't we? 😭

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Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. She dedicated her life to caring for underserved communities and newly freed African Americans despite constant racism and sexism. Because of her, we can! 🩺🤎 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky

Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman to become a doctor in the United States in 1864.

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 16/02/2025

I'm really struggling with the fact that in the year 2025, people around my big age still don't know about 40 acres and a mule. How is that even possible?

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Help public libraries today by: ✅ Downloading an ebook ✅ Registering for a program ✅ Sharing a post from your library ✅ Emailing staff and thanking them ✅ Mark your calendar to attend the next library board of control meeting ✅ Ask 5 friends to do the same

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Black sapphic book rec of the day. When an elven warrior is exiled by her General girlfriend, she sets out into the wilderness with her diviner sister. The pair encounter the fae, long thought extinct. Loyalties are tested, secrets uncovered… By one of my fave authors! #booksky #blackbooksky 📚🌈

Far bound by Saara el-Arifi. A large red tree reaches up to a black night sky, curling around the moon

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When you're petty with a cricut + an Etsy shop. New sticker pack now available in my shop 💜 Made with extra leftist, liberal love, and glittered extra hard for optimal annoyance. Goes great on waterbottles, laptops, price tags in grocery stores & gas pumps. ✨️🩷 Grab a set here 👇🏾 shorturl.at/3C5o4

Brightly colored liberal sticker pack. Pro choice, eat the rich, Billionaires are bad people, have the day you voted for.

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Can we all agree that whoever is in charge of Arizona ice tea, and keeps that tea at 99 cents needs to be in charge of our economy?

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Just woke up from one of the most vivid dreams. I was hanging out in my living room, playing Oregon Trail and Crash Bandicoot with Chucky and Michael Myers. Weirdly chill. Way less terrifying than the nightmare that is 2025. Kinda wanna go back.

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Nothing humbles me faster than realizing I've been mispronouncing a character’s name because I’ve only ever seen it in books. 📖 😬 #BookSky

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Robert Abbott was a trailblazing Black journalist who built The Chicago Defender into a powerhouse, fighting racism, fueling the Great Migration, and making history. 🤎 📰 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky

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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.” - Donald Trump, Oct. 2024 Day 23: 👇🏾

US inflation rises to 3% for the first time since June 2024.

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The same crowd that was previously outraged over "mY tAx DoLLaRs" being spent to rename Ft. Bragg to Ft. Liberty is now suddenly celebrating the prospect of throwing more money at it to change it back to Ft. Bragg. And yet still, no cheaper eggs. Interesting.

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For most of history, people didn’t read books, they listened to them. Audiobooks are not a shortcut, they’re a return to our roots. 📖 #BookSky

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